Sign Painting
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Sign Painting occupation series (code 4104): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
In the Painting and Paperhanging Family family, Sign Painting counts 77 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce; pay averages $73,223, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- -0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 15.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #2 of 3
FedScope read on Sign Painting (thin series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved sideways versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Sign Painting sits inside the Painting and Paperhanging Family family (code 41), which contains 3 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Sign Painting postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Painting and Paperhanging Family family. Across the Painting and Paperhanging Family family, 3,676 employees work in 3 occupations; Sign Painting is 2.1% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Sign Painting pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$73,223
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-37.6%
Where Sign Painting ranks on lean federal pay
Sign Painting earns more on average than 30% of federal occupation series (160 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Sign Painting sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Sign Painting.
Related Occupations in Painting and Paperhanging Family
2 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painting | 3,572 | $76,440 | 11.5 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Painting and Paperhanging | 27 | n/a | 14.9 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Sign Painting outside the Painting and Paperhanging Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (77 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($73,223 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Sign Painting pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the Painting and Paperhanging Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Sign Painting postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.